CEBU Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal on Monday clarified Pope Benedict XVI’s statement on condoms, saying the pope “did not endorse the use of condoms.”
THE influential leader of the Catholic charismatic group El Shaddai Movement is opposing the reported stand of Pope Benedict XVI on the use of condoms to prevent HIV-AIDS.
TANDAG Bishop Nereo Odchimar, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, said Filipino laypeople are ready to defend the faith on crucial issues such as reproductive health.
BISHOPS of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) have taken aim at President Benigno Aquino III’s inaction on the case of 43 detained health workers who have been detained for almost a year now.
THE Sama tribe in the southern Philippines has appealed to the Church for help in the tribespeople’s struggle to claim parts of the Island Garden City of Samal.
THE University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, a 400-year-old Dominican university, will attempt to break a world record by forming the biggest “living rosary.”
A 19-YEAR-OLD Somali-American accused of attempting to set off a car bomb at an Oregon Christmas tree lighting is expected to appear in federal court Tuesday, authorities said.
THEOLOGIAN Fr. Charles Curran has made a valuable contribution to the national conversation about abortion with his recent lecture arguing that the US Catholic bishops’ approach to changing the law is deeply flawed.
A CATHOLIC rights activist in Pakistan has lauded government efforts in forming alliances to benefit the transgender community.
A REPRESENTATIVE body of Asian churches is seeking to highlight the importance of organic agriculture.